-уп

Northern Mansi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ɞ̝p]

Suffix

-уп (-up)

1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective.

   ‎вит (vit, “water”) + ‎-уп (-up) → ‎витуп (vitup, “with water”)

   Исум витуп ся̄рысь. ― Isum vitup sâ̄rysʹ. ― Sea with hot water.

   ‎хури (huri, “shape, picture”) + ‎-уп (-up) → ‎хурипа (huripa, “shaped”)

2. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. In the sense of tools, subject or object actions and abilities or abstract actions.

   ‎ю̄нтуӈкве (û̄ntuňkve, “to sew”) + ‎-уп (-up) → ‎ю̄нтуп (û̄ntup, “sewing needle”)

   ‎сэ̄рива̄руӈкве (sè̄rivāruňkve, “to spoil, to stain something”) + ‎-уп (-up) → ‎сэ̄рива̄руп (sè̄rivārup, “fly”)

   ‎суссылтаӈкве (sussyltaňkve, “to show”) + ‎-уп (-up) → ‎суссылтап (sussyltap, “presentation”)

Usage notes

1. (adjective-forming suffix) (Similar usage to Hungarian -ű)

• -уп if the previous letter is a consonant but not й
• -п/-па if the previous letter is a vowel
• -юп if the previous letter is й, which assimilates to the ю

2. (noun-forming suffix)

• -уп if the verb stem is made up of an odd number of syllables
• -ап if the verb stem is made up of an even number of syllables
• -пи if its a vowel verb stem

References

• E. I. Rombandejeva (2017) СОВРЕМЕННЫЙ МАНСИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК лексика, фонетика, графика, орфография, морфология, словообразование [MODERN MANSIAN LANGUAGE vocabulary, phonetics, graphics, spelling, morphology, word formation]‎^[1], Tyumen: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN